idle mistress

Chapter 35 Is a Snob

Xu Weiqiu picked up the copper plate and counted, and then took out the hairpin.

Xu Xiaoke snatched it back with a cold face: "Hmph, what's so great about earning two stinky coins, I'm sorry!" After leaving these words, she turned around angrily and left.

Holding the copper plate in one hand, Xu Weiqiu followed her out of the kitchen with soup in the other, and said calmly, "Xu Xiaoke, go and tell your mother and sister-in-law that dinner is ready."

Xu Xiaoke turned her head and gave her a blank look, and when she turned her head, her eyes widened as if she had discovered a new world: "Hey, Xu Weiqiu, what's growing on your face, it's so disgusting..."

Xu Weiqiu didn't bother to pay attention to her, turned around and brought the soup into the room.

Xu Lian, the head of the Xu family, is a scholar. Apart from being able to write two characters, he can't carry it on his shoulders or his hands. When he first returned to Xigang Village, the whole family had a very difficult life. No pause.

Later, Xu Lian found a clerical job in the county government through his connections. Although the salary was not much, at least he had a stable income.

But the county government is far away from home, Xu Lian can only go home three or five times a month.

The father of the new daughter-in-law, Hongyan, was a blacksmith who opened a blacksmith shop in the county. After Xu Weicheng got married, he learned art from his father-in-law and it took several days before he came back.

The Xu family often only had five women at home, chattering and arguing all day long, and the neighbors were used to it.

At this moment, five women gathered around the table, and Rong's eyes kept looking at Xu Weiqiu. It was too dark in her room just now, so she didn't notice it. Only now did she see Xu Weiqiu's face covered with pockmarks.

"Wei Qiu, what happened to your face?"

"It's nothing." Xu Weiqiu was too lazy to explain, so he took a bite of food and ate.

Xu Xiaoke stared at the pockmarks on her face, and said in a very eccentric way: "I don't care if people look at her with such a disgusting face."

Xu Weiqiu gave her a sideways glance: "Who told you to stare at me? I can't help you if you insist on using my face to serve food."

Xu Xiaoke immediately put down her chopsticks: "Xu Weiqiu, don't blame me for not reminding you, just don't go out to shame people with your dignity. People who don't know think there is a leprosy woman in our family."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang said quickly, "Xiao Ke, don't dare to talk nonsense if you can eat. Wei Qiu just accidentally ate peanuts like that, and he will be fine in a few days."

After hearing this, Mrs. Rong glanced at Mrs. Zhang: "Wei Qiu, what your sister said is not entirely wrong. You are a girl who has not been out of the cabinet all day long, and there are many gossips in the village. Our Xu family is also the same. Save face. Then, don't go out in the future, I told you about a husband's family, recently you just stay at home and wait for the man to come and hire you."

This is also the first time Mrs. Zhang heard about it, and she couldn't help being stunned for a moment: "Did you tell Wei Qiu about your relatives? Why don't I know, where is this in-law's family from?"

"It's not far away, just next door to Jiutou Village with the surname Li. The introducer is the matchmaker and good aunt, and the child's father also agreed."

Zhang originally wanted to ask more questions, but when she heard that her husband had already nodded in agreement, it was difficult to say anything else.

Xu Weiqiu on the side frowned, "I didn't intend to marry so early."

When Rong heard what she said, she immediately pulled her face down: "Xu Weiqiu, you are already fifteen years old. Look around here, is there any girl who is 15 years old and still stays at her mother's house without getting married?"

"Anyway, don't worry about it. I won't marry. I will decide on my own life, so I don't need you to worry about it."

"You..." Rong Shi was so annoyed by her, he grabbed his chopsticks and threw them in front of Xu Weiqiu.

Xu Weiqiu had a cold face and stopped talking. She was tired and hungry after a day's work, and she had no energy to deal with her anymore. She just wanted to have a good meal. She put a little food in the bowl and took it The bowl went outside to eat.

Rong's muttering voice came from behind: "It's really kind to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs. Since ancient times, the marriage is not the order of the parents or the words of the matchmaker. Why did our Xu family have such a deviant bastard? Xu Weiqiu, let me tell you. Once The man's side has decided that if you don't marry, you have to marry."

Xu Xiaoke looked outside the door, and said to Rong: "Mother, people have already gone far away, so don't waste your tongue and eat." While speaking, she flipped through the dish in front of her with chopsticks, feeling very dissatisfied Added a sentence: "What is this stir-fry? It's all green leaves. Am I a sheep or a cow? How can people eat it without any meat?"

Rong Shi also frowned, she looked up at Zhang Shi and said, "That's right, isn't there a lot of bacon left over from the wedding banquet at home?"

Mrs. Zhang quickly explained: "Wei Cheng took away the leftover bacon from the banquet, and he said he would use it to honor his father-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Rong looked up at his daughter-in-law and said nothing.Hongyan lowered her eyes and ate in silence, without making a sound from the beginning to the end, but she held a grudge against Zhang Shi in her heart.

During the meal, Mrs. Zhang coughed from time to time, Hongyan glanced at her, and reminded her in a very bad tone: "Er Niang, be careful, this meal is full of your saliva, how can I ask someone to eat it?"

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly talked to her modestly, but she knew clearly in her heart that this new daughter-in-law was deliberately picking her own reasons.

She is cowardly, but not stupid.

This Hongyan is docile on the surface, but she is also a snobbish person in essence. When she first entered the door, she was kind to everyone in the family; after a few days, after finding out the situation at home, she talked to herself and Wei Qiu. Obviously not as polite as before.
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It was night, Xu Weiqiu was lying on the bed with her eyes closed, she was very sleepy, she just wanted to sleep well, but the person sleeping beside her kept moving around, making the bed boards rattle.

Xu Weiqiu ignored her, and after a stick of incense, she was still moving.Xu Weiqiu couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Xu Xiaoke, can you stop tossing around, how can you sleep if you make the bed rattle like this?"

When Xu Xiaoke heard this, she was unwilling: "What's the matter, I can't sleep and it's bothering you."

"You sleep so much at noon, you definitely won't be able to fall asleep at night." According to Erniang, the mother and daughter went to sleep every day after lunch, sleeping for an hour or two.

"Who said I went to bed at noon?" Xu Xiaoke sat up straight at once: "My mother and I do needlework every day. You think you are the only one who is diligent in this family. Also, this is my bedroom. How do I love it?" That's it, what qualifications do you have to say about me?"

Xu Weiqiu didn't bother to pay attention to her, turned over and turned his back to her.

I originally slept in the side room at the back of the East Wing, but after Xu Weicheng got married, the East Wing became the wedding room for the young couple, so naturally I couldn't continue to live in this side room.

(End of this chapter)